Chapter 456 Prototype of Ampere-type Spiral Clockwork Gun
The Ordnance Factory was originally the site of a country villa of an ancient Ayr nobleman. Since there was a ready-made foundation, the entire Ordnance Factory was simply built on the site. of.
A two-meter-high wooden fence has been built on dozens of acres of land outside the ordnance station, and behind the wooden fence are temporary work sheds.
Rolling white steam rose from under the work shed, and the fresh ground peat was processed into loose dry coal, emitting a light blue flame.
The blacksmiths swung their hammers, splashing white fluorescence everywhere, and the alchemist priests waved their hands, turning pound after pound of refined iron into orichalcum in the fire.
Around the ordnance factory there was a tinkling noise and a fiery wind all day long.
Going through the narrow passage composed of work sheds is the gate of the ordnance station, which is guarded by special guards and military police.
The perimeter of the ordnance factory is a high mortar wall, made of ashlar stones one meter long and half a meter wide, and bonded together with mortar.
In addition to a two-story temporary wooden office, a few medical jars and alchemy reactors for research, there is a wide shooting range.
Under the awning of the shooting range, Horn, who was wearing a simple sleeveless jacket, lowered his head, twisted his wrist, and was winding up the new wind-up gun in his hand.
The gears meshed and made a creaking sound. Horn tightened the spring of the spring gun in his hand after twisting it four or five times.
He weighed the polished oil-soaked gun handle, which exuded an amber luster, and the slanted L-shaped butt was decorated with silver roses.
Holding the wind-up gun with one hand, Horn did not feel how heavy it was, but there was a slight feeling of compaction in his hand.
After all, unlike heavy-duty wind-up guns, this kind of wind-up gun is only 35 centimeters short, so it is naturally light to hold.
Aiming at the target ten meters away, Horn pulled the trigger casually, leaving a small hole on the edge of the target.
"It doesn't feel as powerful as... a heavy-duty spring gun." After smelling the smell of linseed oil coming from the barrel, Horn weighed the gun and said, "But it's good to leave it to the officers for self-defense."
Haimoting put her hands on her hips and turned her nose to the sky: "After all, it only has such a short firing rod, and it is already very powerful to be able to produce such power."
This kind of hand gun is A gift given to Horn by Highmotine after he arrived at the Ordnance Factory.
Previously Horn obtained a batch of mithril and fine gold from the secret party and local noble families. ,
Incorporating mithril into metal can magically reduce part of the weight, but will reduce the hardness. It is often used to reduce the weight of armor.
Mixing fine gold into the metal can increase the hardness and toughness, and in the hands of knights, it becomes an extraordinary knight's sword.
This kind of mithril is a product of the Forge Plateau. It is very rare, and only the dwarves have mastered the art of making it.
So Horn suddenly had a whim, could he mix mithril and fine gold into the firing rod and turn it into an alloy, which would solve the problem of the length of the firing rod of a spring-loaded gun?
As for the issue of mithril skills, isn’t there Brock?
Brock also called over a dozen dwarves with his family. The amount of mithril was not much, so it would be no problem to ask them to help make some test products.
Horn, as the general commander of all government agencies in the Papal State, immediately wrote this idea to Haimatine and asked them to try to produce it.
But don’t tell me, don’t tell me, I actually let them do it.
This hand gun designed by Hai Moting is one of them. Not only does it reduce the size of the system, it only needs to be twisted five times to fire instantly.
Haimatine also made a fuss about the barrel and firing rod. Normally, Horn can insert the lead first and stick it on the needle. When he wants to use it, he only needs to temporarily twist it five times. Just wind up.
However, since this kind of firing rod requires both fine gold and mithril, only this one was made in preparation for the Pope's crown defense.
After all, the pope always rolled up his sleeves and beat himself up a few times before, often scaring the officers and cardinals to the point of pissing themselves three feet high.
"A very nice gift, love comes from the Papal Palace." Horn put his gun in the belt on his lower back with satisfaction, "The pre-dinner snacks are good, where is my main meal?"
< br>The so-called dinner is the new rifled gun that Haimoting told him, or according to Haimoting - the prototype of the spiral gun has been designed.
"Here," Haimoting pouted, and a young craftsman in a gray robe stepped forward and nervously handed over a holy blunderbuss that was no different from a heavy-duty wind-up blunderbuss.
Feeling his shoulders sink, Horn clamped the spiral gun on the gun frame, aimed at the target in the distance, and pulled the trigger again.
But this time, to everyone's surprise, the shot hit the fifth ring, which was much better than before.
For a moment, the craftsmen nearby immediately handed over words of praise.
"He is worthy of being a marshal among marshals, and a commander-in-chief among marshals. This gun technique is so accurate."
"Pious! Sincere! Salute the sun."
The craftsmen were boasting, but Horn knew in his heart that he fired the shot from the same aiming position and position.
His gunplay has not improved at all, but his bullets have become more accurate.
Ignoring the noisy craftsmen, Horn frowned and held the clockwork gun in his hand.
The next second, to everyone's surprise, Sheng Sun Mian actually turned the clockwork gun upside down, pointed the muzzle of the gun at his right eye, and looked inside.
This frightened the military police. They even thought that a witch was controlling Shengsun's mind. They rushed forward and prepared to snatch the spiral gun from Shengsun's hand. The leading military policeman even flew up and kicked the spiral gun hard, sending it flying to the ground.
This kick knocked the firing rod off.
Pushing away the military police who were surrounding Horn and asking him "Are you okay?", he asked Haimoting doubtfully: "Didn't you say that you have solved the rifling process? This screwdriver The wire gun clearly has no rifling."
Glancing at the military policeman who flew up, Haimoting took two steps and picked up the spiral gun and the firing rod from the ground.
Handing the firing rod with its dim silver-gray luster to Horn's eyes, Haimoting said: "The secret lies in this firing rod. You will know it as soon as you see it."
Picking up the firing rod, Horn blinked in astonishment. Different from the usual firing rod, this time the firing rod was a spiral straight line moving forward along the axis.
It looks like a spiral staircase.
As if thinking of something, Horn opened the barrel of the spiral gun. As expected, the gear inside was a helical gear.
His eyes lit up and it made sense.
When the Papal Palace gave Haimoting an order before, he asked them to develop a holy gun that could hit more accurately and farther.
They came up with many methods, such as adding a tail fin to the back of the bullet, extending the barrel of the gun, and even adding seven gears and chains to a holy gun, but they were all unsuccessful.
So Horn wrote, "Remember the principles I gave, and by carving lines in the barrel, spiral lines, you can shoot lead more accurately and farther."
Analysis of rifling The basic principle is that the explosion and expansion of gunpowder gas push the bullet to rotate in the spiral rifling, so that the bullet does not deviate from the track.
But the clockwork gun is not driven by gas, but by the firing rod.
If you want to have the same effect as rifling, wouldn't it be better to make a fuss directly on the firing rod
So the firing rod in front of you is spiral-shaped, and with a helical gear, one side of it Moving forward, it is still turning on one side, and it also drives the lead to turn.
The disadvantage of this is that it will slip, so paper bags, wood chips and cork are added to increase the friction between the lead and the firing rod push head.
“That’s great.”
Although the barrel was kicked askew, Horn still couldn’t put it down and stroked the spiral gun.
You must know that this is a weapon for skirmishing. Maybe it cannot completely replace the Holy Gun (heavy wind-up gun) at the moment.
But once spiral gunners became popular, Horn could arrange a group of light clockwork gunners and spiral gunners as skirmishers on the premise of accurate long-range shooting.
This was just a small improvement, but it meant that he was one step closer to the era of offline tactics, and he was a little more confident in dealing with the church and Prince Condai.
“How many rods can be built each month?” Horn asked hopefully.
Haimao Ting thought about it for a few seconds: "About four or five shots a month."
"So few?" Horn's enthusiasm was poured over by Haimao Ting. cold water.
“This kind of spiral firing rod requires first twisting a narrow mithril wrought iron plate into a spiral shape, then drilling a hole in the middle, inserting an iron rod and welding it, but it got twisted accidentally.
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Since the screw firing rod is thicker than the ordinary firing rod, there is no way to make a firing rod housing unless everyone drills a hole in the shoulder, so Mithril must be used.
With our Mithril stock, we can build at most thirty or forty poles. This is just a prototype. If it is actually installed, it may not be possible next year. ”
Haimao Ting rolled her eyes and poured basin after basin of cold water on Horn’s head.
Reluctantly stroking the spiral gun, Horn felt himself in his heart He consoled himself, saying that the problem of availability has been solved anyway. As for the future development, there is still a long way to go. How can it be achieved overnight?
"Okay, this spiral gun is called Sea Motine spiral gun, please register it." Yes, I will give you more funding next year. ”
When she heard about the funds, Haimoting's eyes almost glowed with gold.
But after all, she is not the kind of freshman who can snatch the research results of her students and colleagues. She just scratched her head and said with difficulty: "I didn't design and make this. I only made the handgun. The accurate gun is made by Ampere."
Horn then turned his attention back to the shy young man in gray.
His presence was extremely low. He was standing very close behind Horn just now, but Horn just didn't notice him.
Seeing that Horn noticed him, he bowed with some restraint: "Good afternoon, Your Majesty, I am An Bei, a watchmaker from Yibei Township. It is my greatest honor to meet you."
"I'm also very happy that the Ordnance Manufacturing Institute has a genius like you." Stepping forward, Horn patted Ampere on the shoulder affectionately, "Your name is Ampere, right? Since you designed and manufactured it, then call it Ampere. Spiral gun bar."
Like the two legendary gunsmiths Ankan and Nicki, Horn named this spiral gun after him.
(End of this chapter)